One of the things that really sets Marvel apart from other superhero movie producing studios is their ability to plan ahead. Every Marvel movie not only tells it’s own story, but builds to something else (meanwhile Warner Bros. can barely get through a single DC superhero movie without losing the plot).

“It’s like looking through the Hubble telescope. You go, ‘What’s happening back there? I can sort of see it’. They printed out a new one recently that went to 2028.”

Guys, planning is good, but there’s also something to be said for spontaneity. I mean, Lee, Kirby and Ditko were pretty much just flying by the seat of their pants when they created the Marvel Universe. That said, as long as this 14-year plan involves a Devil Dinosaur movie, I’m totally on board.

@Nate Birch ehh, maybe I’m in the minority, but I’m a fan of TDKR. Besides the plot holes, still great performances and great direction. I can live with the other shit. Still prefer it over the silliness of Marvel movies. Although I enjoyed IM I & 3 quite a bit.

Batman Begins, despite shaky cam, was awesome. The Dark Knight was good but don’t ground your movies in a gritty dark realism and then use the dumbest plot of all time. Ledger gave a great performance but his Joker was not the truest version. TDKR was a fucking abomination.

The Avengers was, and will always be, the perfect comic book movie. At least until GotG and Avengers 2 come out.

How can you ask for spontaneity in an industry that by its nature requires a year of planning to make a product and closer to two for big budget productions? It quite literally can’t be a part of the equation.

And the further out it gets the more lustis off the Dark Knight rose. Marvel is the king.

Marvel is the king… the king of generic, digital, shot in front of a green screen, assembly-line produced teenage nonsense… whose fans seem to think that the more obscure the references and sarcastic the dialogue is between characters, the “smarter” the Marvel movie is.
The comparisons with the Dark Knight trilogy have to stop… comparing the Dark Knight trilogy with the Avengers/Marvel digital videos is the equivalent of comparing a steak from Morton’s to a big-mac from McDonald’s.

@John Taggart
Whilst the Dark Knight trilogy was mostly excellent (Rises is something of a low for me personally simply because it is only good rather than great) I found it’s underlying themes a bit heavy handed.

I really think they should split up the Avengers into two separate teams with two different movies after the second film. You’d have the Mighty Avengers consisting of Cap, Thor, Hulk, Iron-man, Quicksilver, and Scarlet Witch, who would serve as the public face of the Avengers that fight Thanos. Then you’d have the Secret Avengers with Nick Fury, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Ant-man, and Carol Danvers who would focus on espionage and who hunt down the remnants of Hydra and AIM.